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Pertaining to inhibition, especially as a generalized personality trait..
According to this theory, all nerve centers, including those of the psychic level of the cerebral cortex, are composed of both erethitic and kolytic cells associated with the specific functions of excitation and inhibition.
The kolytic type, on the other hand, is more calm and controlled, with a greater passivity of mind and body.
We can recognize two fundamental psychological types, an erethitic and a kolytic, due to a predominance of one or other of these functions in the psychic field.
Hunt (1929) introduces the concepts of "eremitic" and "kolytic" types, which he identifies with inhibition (introversion) and excitation (extraversion) respectively.
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Kolytic means Pertaining to inhibition, especially as a generalized personality trait..
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According to this theory, all nerve centers, including those of the psychic level of the cerebral cortex, are composed of both erethitic and kolytic cells associated with the specific functions of excitation and inhibition.
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